prenatal OB appt

so my blood pressure was super high in the danger zone 148/80 when i went to my appointment. it always is but today was especially high. then it goes down after a retry, so i had to have it rechecked a bit later and it was normal. it keeps happening and the OB was saying since it was so high, i have to monitor it with an at home BP device and write down the results as well as take a baby aspirin every day. so i have another appt in 2 weeks to test the pressure and monitor it i guess. then the following 2 weeks i am back for my main prenatal appointment. she wants me to get blood work done to test for stuff that high blood pressure/preeclampsia can cause. or to test it to see if i have preeclampsia. she said if i have any issues that are associated with that then to call right away. i hope i don’t. she was listing all these scary things that can happen to me and my baby if i have preeclampsia. so we’re trying to monitor it to make sure i don’t have it i guess. she also ordered me the dreaded glucose test and im going to get that done on Friday along with the other tests. my sister was annoyed that she listed all the bad things that can happen if i end up with preeclampsia while i was trying to keep my blood pressure down to retest it. she’s like why would she tell you all these things when you’re trying to relax? i get it. but whatever it was normal when they retried it. 

then when i was making my appointment the front desk lady was asking if i need to make it with the OB or midwife. i said i have no idea she just wants me back here in 2 weeks to check my blood pressure for monitoring. she was like “you’d need an OB for that?” i was like i have no clue. she said it would have been nice if the OB explained on it more to her. true. like i have no clue? so she made the appt with the nurse? idk what’s happening that’s why i wish i was just seeing the midwife today. also i haven’t gotten the glucose test and other blood results info she wanted on the my chart app. like how do i go in and get these things done if i don’t know what they all are. i usually go into Quest & hand them the paper for it and they then know what to test. i dunno im lost. 

so i need to find that blood pressure device its in the trailer with all of our stuff stored somewhere. if can’t find it by today i need to buy an amazon one. i need to take 81mg baby aspirins daily. and she sent my urine sample over to Quest to check my liver for any abnormalities from the high BP. 

good news is my baby’s heart beat was good it was like 150 something today and apparently i’m measuring good. she measured my stomach. i have popped since my last appt. i look pregnant now. i gained more lbs than i wanted 😓 i gained 6 lbs in 4 weeks. i wanted to gain a pound or 2 less but i keep forgetting i have to factor in the baby weight and the placenta weight. baby is 1 lbs or so now so that’s another pound. then the placenta is heavy and gets heavier. so i think im still good with the weight gaining. i do need to stop eating cakes, hostess cakes, ice cream, milkshakes, munchkins etc cuz my cravings are out of control 😬 im suppose to all together gain around 25-35 lbs during the whole pregnancy. so far ive gained 17 lbs in 24 weeks. so i think thats good. still need to cut out the goods 😞